A gallery of some of the best cosplay the world outside Japan has to offer, drawing in all manner of characters and every level of cosplay from “pro” to amateur and of course flights of Photoshop fancy.

Ironically enough, amongst international appreciators of cosplay there is always a jaundiced contingent who insist only Japanese can effectively cosplay anime characters, despite so often lacking any physical characteristics in common with the characters.

However, amongst Japanese cosplay fans there is a perhaps even more substantial contingent who are in awe of the performances given by non-Japanese cosplayers – it does indeed seem to be a case of the grass always being greener on the other side…

Those still not satisfied should be sure to check out real Ivy and Rei.

any way, those cosplays are good, am surprise of how fine those girls are with showing so much skin (almost naked?!). I guess mangagamer did really misunderstand western women and their openness (no pun intended) toward sex and therefore, eroge.

I still think most westerners look wrong to make good cosplay. The visual impact they give is "horsey". Too hard, big noses, mouths are fail, many of these look too old. Costumes are mostly well done though. They should cosplay characters which are by definition western in manga or anime, then it may work. One image shows a group of Japanese girls, what a difference!